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Originally Posted by tvbound
Florida isn't much different than a lot of places, in that the attitude of "whatever it takes for my people to stay in power" and "the best government money can buy" - seems to be the prevailing sentiment.
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There's not a lot of quality government when most of the previous year you relied on revenue from tourism during a pandemic when most things were shut down.
You get what you pay for. The lower the taxes (including no income tax, plus massive tax breaks for corporations and the uber-wealthy), the less money you have available to buy a quality government. Not that I think we need an income tax - but we, as a state (exclusive of the Villages which is a different plane of existence on another planet), need to make improvements in the revenue stream and improvements in distribution of funds.